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Insulation firm gives low
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priority to transport
A RESTRIC 1 ED licence holder has been given a final chance to improve its maintenance systems but had the margin removed from its licence after a Traffic Commissioner remarked that it had "managed to build a bad reputation in a short period of time". Duldnfield-based Hillserve had been called before North Western TC Beverley Bell at a Wigan disciplinary inquiry where the company's MD,Julie Hadfield, accepted that her lack of knowledge about transport meant the four-vehicle fleet had not been given sufficient priority
Cutting Hillserve's licence from six vehicles to four the TC warned that if the company fails to comply with its obligations she will have no hesitation in revoking its licence.
Vehicle examiner Colin Brown said he had carried out a maintenance investigation in December after a vehicle given an immediate prohibition was presented for clearance with a service brake defect. He inspected two vehicles and issued one defect
notice. There were no inspection records at the company's base. When he examined the inspection records at the maintenance contractor's premises he found gaps of up to eight months.
There were only four records for each of three vehicles and three for the fourth. There was no written driver defect report system, with drivers reporting defects verbally. Most of the shortcomings found at a previous maintenance investigation in October 2002 were still outstanding.
For Hillserve, Andrew Woolfall said that the company specialised in the installation of cavity wall insulation. Management had now been restructured so that one person was in charge of transport.
The firm was prepared to spend money to ensure things were done properly and steps had been taken to rectify the situation.
Cutting the licence from six vehicles to four, the TC said the company had managed to build a bad reputation in a short period of time.